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February 9, 2021
Portsmouth, NH: The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire has launched the 2021 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talk Series, a free virtual series,
Claiming Our Place: Blacks in White Spaces. As a way to rethink one s assumptions about race and place, these six Sunday Tea Talks explore how African Americans navigate various white spaces, spaces where Blacks and People of Color are marginalized, typically absent, or simply unexpected. Through shared stories and dialogue, panel speakers will present ideas and offer opportunities for understanding and reconciliation. Presented by the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire and sponsored in part by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities, these winter Tea Talks are a series of participatory lectures related to New Hampshire s Black history and African American culture. The first Tea Talk discussed
Racism, Land & The American Farming Landscape
Presenters:
Lydia Clemmons, President of Clemmons Family Farm, VT
Jarrad Nwameme,
Moderator: Meghan Howey, Professor in Anthropology, University of New Hampshire
In 1920, there were 949,889 Black farmers. A century later, according to the 2017 Census of Agriculture, only 35,470 remained.
This panel will investigate the contributing factors to this enormous land loss including discriminatory practices, such as the denial of USDA loans. and slow handling of civil rights complaints. Presenters will also share the innovative ways Black New England Farmers are reclaiming the land and sowing the seeds of health and empowerment.
Moderator: Dennis Britton, Department of English, University of New Hampshire, NH
PORTSMOUTH — Coming off a nod from New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire (BHTNH) recently announced new board leadership that will take
Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire introduces 4 new board members
Portsmouth Herald
PORTSMOUTH - Coming off a nod from New York Times best-selling author Jodi Picoult, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire has announced its new board leadership that will take the helm as the nonprofit lays out its calendar of events for 2021.
Commissioned by Frommers Travel Guide in its “Best Places 2021: Great Authors on Our America,” Picoult advised readers to add the Trail to their travel plans: “Sobering and eye-opening, the Black Heritage Trail forces us to question those we have traditionally considered heroes, and to elevate those who have been marginalized instead. It squarely centers Black life in early America, at a time when we as Americans need to be rewriting our history to do so.”